Butter-cutting machine.



PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

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G. P. HELLINGER. TER CUTTING MACHINE',

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APPLIGATION FILED DEG; 9,

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auTTER-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,489', dated March 21, 1905.

y Application filed December 9, 1904. Serial No. 236,128.

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that LCnARLss F. H eLrLI Nomi,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grand Rapids, in the county'of Wood and State of Wisconsin, havel inventeda new and Improved Butter-Cutting Machine, of which' the following is a full, clear,` and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to rprovide amachine forcutting pats of butter from bulk, which machine is not only of simple and durablc construction, but can be conveniently and expeditiously operated to continuously feed a mass of butter to a predetermined outlet andA cut from the mass that portion of the butter which is pressed through the outlet.

The invention consiste inthe novel construction andcombination of the several parts, as

f wi'll be'hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

-. Refer-mice is to be had to the accompanying.

drawin affermimga part of this specification, in whicli similar characters of reference indicate correspondingi parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the machine, taken practically on the line 1 1 l l ofvFig. 2; and Figf2 is a plan View of the ma;A

the top and at the bottom.

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,A represents a receptacle of any desired shape. Preferably,however, the said receptacleis circular in cross-section and is'open at The receptacle A is inclosed by a jacket A', forming thereby an outer chamber 10, which can be packed with shownin Eig. 1.

lbeyonl thel outer face of the iacketcd recepclosed at the bottom.

ice or a refrigerating and cooling material, and the said chamber is open at the'top and The jacketed receptacle A is supported by a base 11 of any suitable forrn, which base is provided with legs 12, adapted to rest upon a table '13 or other support. A faucet 14 is located at the bottom Aportionof 'the said chamber l() for the Yurposejof 'withdrawing liquid therefrom.

4A box 1 5 is formed at the central portion 'rr fthe base 11, and the inner eno' of a shalt 16 is journaled in the said box and likewise in bearings 17, attached to the base ll, as is The said shaft l? extends taule A', terminating at its outer end in a han- -securcd to die 19, preferably a crank-handle, and at the handle end of the shaft 1G a bevel-gear lil is secured. A worm 20 is formedl on the shaft 16 within the box l5, and the saidworm 2() meshes with a worm-wheel 2l, also located rod 22 is connected with a follower an, and

the follower as the rod 2U is moved up and down throughthe instrumentality of the worm Vand worm-wheel described travels up und down in the jacketcd receptacle A, andv thc mass ol' butter when placed in the said jacketcd receptacle restsat its bottom on the follower 23. A vertical shaft 24 is located at one sidcvof lthe jacketcd receptacle A, being mounted to turn in suitable bearings 25, secured to the jacket of the receptacle, as is shown in Fig. 1, and the shaft 24 is provided with a bevel-gear 26 at its lower end, meshing' with the gear 18 on the shaft 16.

The receptacle A is provided with a top section B, removable therefrom, and thesaid top section B is preferablyl of conical form and at its apex is provided with an outlet 27, and the material of the top section B at the said outlet is preferably vertically disposed, as is shown at 28 in Fig. l. 'lhis upper section B'is provided with a hinge member 25),' adapted to turn readily on the vertical shaft 24, and the said upper member B is likewise provided with a' catch 30, of any approved form, whereby the said upper member or' section may be/iirmly secured in position over the receptacle A. A tubular bearing 31 is the upper member l of the said receptacle extending upward from the side rlhe upper endof thc said threaded portion th roof, and a shaft 32 is mounted to turn in th said. bearing' 3l'. The shaft 32 is provided a its upper end with a bevelfgcar The hub portion of said gear 33 is attached to or is integral with a ho izontal blade or knife 34, which as thev shaf' 32 revolves' passes over the outlet 27 of th` upper mem.- ber B of the receptacle and cut oli' tlmtfpor- 45 I a follower mounted to slide-in the body of the tion of the material in the receptacle A forced out through the said outlet by the upward movement of the follower 23.

A. horizontal brace-rod is carried out from the bearing 3l, and this brace-rod 35 is integral with or is attached to a vertical-sleevel 36, in which the upper end of the vertical shaft 24 is free to turn. and -a bracket 37 extends upwardly and forwardly from the sleeve 36, the said bracket 37 being made to support a horizontal sleeve 38, in which a short shaft is mounted to turn, having a gear 39 at one end meshing with the gear 33, above referred to, and a 'gear i0 at the other end meshing with a gear 111 at the upper end ot' the shaft 2li, all the gears mentioned being bevel-gears. -Thus it will be obser ed that b v turning the shaft 16 the materia in the receptacle A is forced upward and out through the outlet 27, and at the saine time the knife 34 is horizontally revolved to cut from the mass within the receptacle A and its cover B the material pressed through the outlet 27, thereby forming a series of pats of butter as the knife 34 revolves.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentp 1. In a machine for cutting butter, a receptacle having an outletopening, a ,follower mounted for movement in the said receptacle,

' a knife adapted for movement over the outlet of the receptacle, a base on which the receptacle rests, .a boxing carried by the base, a main shaft journaled in the boxing,a threaded rod evtending down from the follower, a driving connection between the main shaft and the threaded rod and llocated in the boxing, and a driving Vconnection between the main shaft and the said knife.

2. In a machine for cutting butter, areceptacle, a cover for the said receptacle, remov-` able theretro'm and provided with a contracted outlet portion, a knife operatively supported above the outlet for the said cover, the knife being capable of horizontal rotary movement,

receptacle, a base on which the receptacle rests, a boxing carried bythe base, a main shaft journaled in the said boxin and pro-y vided with a worin within the saidlboxing, a threaded rod extending down from the fol lower 'and through the boxing, a worm-wheel threaded to receive the said rod and locatedf' within the boxing, being in engageineiiirtvil the said worm, and driven shafts operatively connected v.with the main shaft and with the axis of the said knife, as described. n

3. in a machine for cutting butter, alreceptacle, a support for the same, a cover for the said receptacle having a contracted opening,

a follower located within the receptacle, a main `shaft mounted to turn in the support for the receptacle, means for operating the follower from the main shaft, a knife adapted for move v 4ment over the contracted outlet of the receptacle,- a vertical shaft driven from themain shaft, driving connections between the vertical shaft and the said knifegthe said cover for the receptacle having a hingemember mounted to turn on the said vertical shaft, and a catch for securing the cover in position over the re` ceptacle.

4. 1n a machine for cutting butter, a receptacle open at the top and at the bottom, acover y for the open top of the receptacle having' an outlet-opening, a Jacket inclosing said recep-` tacle and open at the top and closed at the.

bottom, the jacket forming an outer chamber for cooling material, a base supporting said jacketed receptacle, a follower located within the receptacle, a knife located at the upper portion of the receptacle andadapted for move-y ment over the outlet thereof, and means i'or i simultaneously operating the knife and p the follower. y

5. 1n a machine for cutting butter, a receptacle, a cover for the receptacle having a contracted outlet portion, afollower'mountedfoi movenient in the receptacle, a main shaft, coiinections between the main shaftand follower for operating the latter, a shaft located atene side of the receptacleand driven from the main shaft, the said cover having a hinge membe'rniounted to turn on said shaft, aknife mounted to turn on the cover of the i'ecepta,

cle and having movement over the voutlet of the cover, and driving connections between knife.

scribing witnesses. ,i n, .i

VCHARLES F. HEI'FLIGER Y Witnesses:

HERMAN WIPPERMAN,k ELEANOR' SLA'i'rnRY.

In testimony whereof I have signiedmvlnanie to this specification in the\presence 'of two siilb,

` the shaft at the side of the receptacle and said v 

